Toddler and Preschooler - Habits and Phases

for the love of all that is good and holy....

feeds@yuku.com (Gortday) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:51:29 GMT

How do I stop the WHINING?!?!?!?! I'm about to lose my mind here!

She whines even first thing as she's waking up in the morning. it's almost constant lately and I HATE it. It drives me 100% bonkers and I can feel myself slowly going CRAZY for all the freakin' whining! I wake up in a bad mood now, even, 'cause I have to wake up to her whining....not to mention it wakes Annie, who I fought with ALL NIGHT to get her to stay asleep. I can't take it anymore!...

3yr old demands and tantrums

feeds@yuku.com (rena73099) — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:58:19 GMT

I'm a mother of two, a 9 yr old and a 3 yr old, just in the last month my 3 yr old son has been horrible, he throws tantrums, screams till he gets his way, lies, hits and kicks, and I just cant seem to find a way to resolve it. He is a very lovey kid and is very sweet and all of this is a surprise to everyone. I dont know how to control him and I'm just looking for some disciple methods that I may not have tried. We recently went to Florida for the weekend and he was so awful...

3yo mean to father

feeds@yuku.com (carleighsmom) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:56:36 GMT

I just do not know what to do. My 3yo DD is just horrible to my DH. She is constantly yelling no at him. She will not hug, kiss or snuggle with him if I am around. She has walked right up and kicked him. She has also hit him. DH is beginning to get depressed about the whole situation which just makes things worse because he is now getting mad as well as sad. I just don't know what to do. I feel so horrible for DH. All of the talking to, etc. with DD hasn't done us any good. I feel...

what is it?

feeds@yuku.com (dakag3) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:01:33 GMT

My 18 month old grandson throws tantrums where he holds his breath for quite awhile and we have to throw water in his face to get him to breathe. This time he went into what seemed like a seizure that took him awhile to come out of. What could be causing this?

Always Hungry

feeds@yuku.com (RobsMom) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:52:51 GMT

Rob is hungry constantly I mean all the time!
So far today he has had:

Strawberry whole grain waffle with light syrup
1 granny smith apple
bowl of special K red berries cereal with skim milk
a hand full of teddy grahams
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
half a can of peas
half a can of Dora Speg. O's
some tortilla chips with Jason's homemade salsa (which is all veggies)
1 sippy cup of water
2 sippy cups with milk
It's almost 6 my time I'm cooking...

princess obsession

feeds@yuku.com (kavoo) — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:48:45 GMT

My son (3 yrs 2 months), is hopelessly , paralyzingly obsessed with the disney princesses. We thought it was harmless at first and found it cute. now 2 1/2 months later we are really sick of it. He talks about them constantly, to people he doesn't even know. he assaults girls feet at the playground checking to see if they have the princesses on thier shoes. he tries to take peoples clothes off (ala the stepsisters in Cinderella when she shows up in a dress made from their things). we...

Sleeping in Snow

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:48:58 GMT

About 3 weeks ago, my son who is 3 got a bad ear infection, his ear started leaking fluid, which infected his outer ear. This was his 7th ear infection in 10 months. He was on the same medication that he has been on before, everything was the same. Except a week and a half ago, i picked my son up from daycare and they told me. That they had found him sleeping this morning outside face downinthe snow bank. They then woke him up andcarried him, and he fell back asleep. Then they had...

I am hoping this is a phase

feeds@yuku.com (SnowWhite760) — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:30:30 GMT

Faith's Fit

Eating

feeds@yuku.com (sandra) — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:43:10 GMT

My 25 month old has recently, within i guess the past 2 weeks,refused to sit and eat at the table with us. Whether it's breakfast,lunch, dinner or snack everytime i tell her it's time to eat she screams "NO" and starts to run around screaming. My husband has physically placed her on the chair even if she refuses to eat but she just screams and we end up puttting her back on the floor. sometimes she will eventually come and sit, but that's rare. I don't want her to get into the...

Biting

feeds@yuku.com (denversmommy05) — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:13:19 GMT

My 16 month old has really gotten into the hang of biting! Just last night he bit my nephew (who's just a month older) twice. He bit so hard that he left bruises. I've read a few things that say that sometimes children bite because their frustrated and can't say "leave me alone". I understand that. The thing is, by the time he cools off and I show him how he hurt the other baby, HE BITES AGAIN!!!!!! What can I do?

~Valerie~

Involuntary muscle movements when excited - 4 yr old

feeds@yuku.com (sillybug) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:18:39 GMT

Hi - our son will be 4 soon and when he is really excited, stimulated or very deeply captivated by something (airplane flying by example) his arms and hands twist and stiffen and his right hand flaps and his feet kind of "dance". A while back a ped. told us it was only when he was excited and he would prob. outgrow it, and it was that his brain was not organizing his movements completely quite yet due to fast development/growth. But it's not getting better and if anything seems more...

What colour is it?

feeds@yuku.com (dustyteri) — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:10:41 GMT

This thought came to me one day of the crankies i had one who was about 3 and the other was close behind at 2, i never slept a wink the night before and I was close to my breaking into a million peices point. Hailey was mad and Kassidy was mad so out of frusteration i asked Hailey "what colour is it" she looked at me like i was crazy but gave me a colour anyways "blue" i said ok that is what colour your mad is? she thought about it and said no her mad was black! by the...

When Will This Phase End????

feeds@yuku.com (LynziNBridges) — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:16:20 GMT

A few weeks ago my 18 month old started this whining thing. He whines about everything, for everything, even when nothings wrong. It's driving me crazy. Not to mention, I have no clue how to stop it! I've tried not responding to him unless he talks, not whines. He doesn't care!
What is this phase of constant whining and how long will it last? Hopefully not forever because I can't handle whining 4 1/2 hours out of a 7 hour day. lol.

Nothing works

feeds@yuku.com (RobsMom) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:25:32 GMT

Ok so....Rob has now reached the all grown up (or so he thinks) age of 19 whole months.... he has the attitude of " I can do anything athat's everything all on my own" (for those of you who watch Charley and Lola on Disney you know where I go that from) He thinks that he can do anything at all even if I say NO. He doesn't listen at all when I say NO. We have tried time out, spanking his leg, putting him in the corner, I've even read the book " the happiest Toddler on the...

Thanks So Much

feeds@yuku.com (LynziNBridges) — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:18:26 GMT

Thanks so much to everyone. It's great to be part of a group of parents who understand exactly where I'm at. Having a toddler has been a rollercoaster. lol. But you all know that already. Thanks again everyone for responding so quickly!

Early Case of Terrible Twos??

feeds@yuku.com (LynziNBridges) — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:31:10 GMT

Hi everyone! My name is Lindsay and I'm the mother of a 15 month old boy. Here recently as we've transitioned into what I refer to as the "I do it" phase I'm starting to see symptoms of the terrible twos. He's not that close to being two. Is this becoming more common? Is anyone else experiencing terrible twos early?
I've read the temper tantrums article on this website and I'm still at a loss. What happened to my sweet little boy? lol. My husband and I have been in the process...

weaning from pacifiers

feeds@yuku.com (Diann) — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:50:29 GMT

Does anyone have any good suggestions for weaning a 22 month old from her pacifier? She cries for it when we take it from her.

Is this normal??

feeds@yuku.com (3b1g) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:36:30 GMT

O.K. here is what I think is kind of a touchy situation. I didn't react in one way or another yet mostly because I don't know how to.

This afternoon on my way home with the crew, Luke (7) told me how last night he "had sex with Adam (4) in the tub". I of course pretty much knew what he meant. (as far as he's concerned sex is just kissing when he's...